The sleep lab, which helps diagnose sleep disorders, at civic-run RN Cooper Medical College and Hospital has quite literally gone to sleep for over two months. Hospital authorities said the machine has stopped working and one spare part needs replacement.

As sleep during the night is vital for humans and the lack of it may lead to health complications, the civic-run hospital in 2017 set up this special laboratory with modern equipment including a polysomnography machine with an aim to diagnose sleep-related diseases and find out reasons behind sleeplessness or inadequate sleep in patients, especially those with insomnia.